By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist The Great Famine, which took place in Ireland between 1845 and 1852, is something many of us learned about to some degree in school. It was a tale ...

Padraig Kirwan and LeAnne Howe on the generosity of the Choctaw and Cherokee Nations Blighted Nation tells the story of the Great Irish Famine from the arrival of the blight to the long ...

A Jewish group in Ukraine is objecting to a criminal case brought over the “Great Famine” committed in the 1930s. KIEV, Ukraine (JTA) — A Jewish group in Ukraine is objecting to a criminal ...

A memorial for people who died or emigrated abroad during the Great Irish Famine will take place in Longford on May 19. This year's National Famine Commemoration will take place in Edgeworthstown ...

Learn about one of the worst disasters in Irish history, second only to the Black Death pandemic in death toll estimates - the Great Famine. Also referred to as "The Great Hunger", the Famine ...

Throughout its history, Ethiopia has experienced famine — according to one historian, at least one every decade on average between the 15th and 19th centuries. The Great Ethiopian Famine alone ...

Gaelic Park is also home to the Chicago Famine Memorial, paying tribute to the Irish lives lost during The Great Famine of the 1840s. McSorley's Old Ale House in New York City is the oldest Irish ...

In 1921, the American Relief Association sent food aid to Russia, where millions of citizens were suffering from a devastating famine. Browse this gallery of the human story -- see the Russians ...

The Irish fleeing the Great Hunger in 1847 would have traveled ... The "Black Rock" one of the oldest Famine memorials was erected by the Irish construction workers who discovered the remains ...

COMMENT Fr Kevin Hegarty on the enormous humanitarian contribution of Paul Strzelecki during the Great Famine ...

If his name is a strange omission from her index, Taylor shares with Corkery a fierce effort to recover a world lost with the Great Famine.